Hemorrhois algirus

Hemorrhois algirus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Colubroidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Classis: Reptilia Cladus: Eureptilia Cladus: Romeriida Subclassis: Diapsida Cladus: Sauria Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha Superordo: Lepidosauria Ordo: Squamata Cladus: Unidentata, Episquamata Cladus: Toxicofera Subordo: Serpentes Infraordo: Caenophidia Superfamilia: Colubroidea

Familia: Colubridae
Subfamilia: Colubrinae
Genus: Hemorrhois
Species: Hemorrhois algirus
Subspecies: H. a. algirus – H. a. intermedius

Name

Hemorrhois algirus (Jan, 1863)

Type locality: Sfax, Tunisia.

Synonyms

• Periops algira Jan, 1863: 60
• Zamenis florulentus (non Schlegel) Gervais, 1857: 512
• Zamenis florulentus Haiman, 1882
• Zamenis (Periops) algirus — Boettger, 1885: 459
• Zamenis algirus — Boulenger, 1893: 408
• Coluber algirus villiersi — Sochurek, 1979
• Coluber algirus — Engelmann et al., 1993
• Coluber algirus — Schleich, Kästle & Kabisch, 1996: 479
• Hemorrhois algirus — Nagy et al., 2004

References

• Jan, G. 1863. Elenco Sistematico degli Ofidi descriti e disegnati per l'Iconografia Generale. Milano, A. Lombardi. vii + 143 pp.
• Schleich, H.H., Kästle, W., Kabisch, K. 1996. Amphibians and Reptiles of North Africa. Koeltz, Koenigstein, 627 pp.
• Schlüter, U. 2005. Die Zornnattern Nordafrikas. Reptilia 10 (2): 56–64.
• Hemorrhois algirus at the New Reptile Database. Accessed on 13 sep 2008.

Vernacular names

English: Algerian Whip Snake